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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 2712392, member: 83956&quot;]So back in the fall I bought a nice pair of &quot;EZ-Cal&quot; digital calipers for about $27. A few months later I saw some cheap Malaysian-made plastic calipers on eBay for $0.75 each and thought I&#039;d buy 2-3 to have around the house/office just in case I wanted to get a quick reading and didn&#039;t have my fancy calipers to hand. Today I thought I&#039;d see how close they were. The answer is: pretty darn close.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]612841[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]612843[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I do like the heft and large digital readout of the nice calipers. But the moral of the story is, if you have 75 cents, you can get a pair of calipers that are probably adequate for most amateur collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the ebay link: <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/112251897059?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&amp;ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/112251897059?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&amp;ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/112251897059?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT</a></p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, on an unrelated note, I got this digital scale for under $10 and am happy with it. Again, more demanding collectors or dealers might want something nicer, but once I bought the appropriate calibrating weight, it&#039;s worked very well for my needs. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IXHSPDK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IXHSPDK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IXHSPDK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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